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can hear them singing quite distinctly and see the fine carriages rolling up we had a stranger to preach for us today Mr McCarty from Tuskegee I think is to preach again tonight I would like much to go out to hear him but I could not enjoy it I went last sunday night for the first time in two months got so nervous and restless I could not listen to the sermon Mr Robbins and Andrews were always talking about our circuit preacher being no small man and were always so delighted with his sermons I had a great desire to hear hom he did not come at the first of the year when I was able to go out he was detained on account of sickness so that once is the only time I have heard him his circuit is so large he only preaches once a month we always have preaching through there are so many local preachers Mr Andrews preaches one sabbath in the month Stanglass and Crewell one- our people are very anxious that we should this a station
I guess it will be after this year Mr McDaniel is the name of our preacher he is certainly a rare man had been in our room several times he certainly knnows more of human nature and has seem more of the ups and downs of life than any body I ever saw has been at the best of stations and on the worst of circuits and every way has a perfect store of amusing incidents connected with his labors and he relates them in such an amusing manner I am disposed sometimes almost to every you your good old presbyterian preacher Oh! how much we do lack a good presbyterian preacher how much it would add to my happiness and enjoyment it seems to me I never can get used to living without them I am rejoiced to hear old Lex is improving I do hope the most genuine improvement will be made in no their hearts and souls I noticed some one writing in the "Flag" thinks the set time has come to favor [?] in Lex I hope
and pray from my inmost heart that it maybe so Monday eveningI have time to say but a word my darling sister- would have written this morning but was not well enough - you ask me to write you of my health I have nothing good to tell you is the reason I don't mention it - I am quite dyspeptic have got so I can't eat anything without its hurting me had to stop tea and coffee bothuse only cold water- my throat and tongue are quite sore I have not been as prudent as I ought to have become but have not been extravagant in my eating by any means I am denied myself many things but I find not enough yet so I intend and have already commenced eating crackers and water for supper and breakfast and rice and corn bread without any grease of any sort so I hope to be better soon I have other ailments but i guess nothing serious you know something about this I reckon you did not tell mein your last letter if anything was decided with you yet you will in your next I am so anxious to hear you did not say anything about bro Mad's coming
6-8-1857 Julius A. Robbins, son of Ahi + Mary Brown Robbins, brother of Maj. Wm. M. Robbins, attended Trinity (normal School). Father of Gaston A. Robbins + Mamie Laf. Robbins. Gaston Robbins was Alabama Congressman. Julius Robbins was killed during Civil War. His widow married Rev. Marquis Wood, pres. of Trinity 1882-1883. Her letters to Gaston Robbins give much Trinity insight of that period. Julius Robbins entered Junior class at Chapel Hill in 1854